I've always enjoyed playing different types of games and encountering challenges. I've never been good at puzzles, Rubix cubes or those math problems invovling two trains traveling toward each other. As long as they don't crash, why should I care? I wasn't happy when Algebra combined numbers and letters. Who was making this shit up? Logic, clearly, isn't my strong point.

Riddler puzzles solved - 0. I&#Array;ll never be Batman.

I enjoy action games that break up the game a bit with a block-moving quiz, a la God of War, Tomb Raider and Uncharted. I've surprised myself at some of the games I've become interested in, some puzzle based even, but also glad I had the experience. Here is a list of my personal most memorable brain busters in gaming, in no particular order.

I won't include solutions, because screw you. Suffer like I did! And, we're online, so you can find it yourself.

Claire and Chris...screw you guys. Actually, screw you Capcom!

Resident Evil: Code Veronica on the PS2 was the first RE I ever played and caused me to lose a spring break. I'll get to that in a second. This game had the first puzzle I can remember which I took out paper to take notes on. After a few minutes of what felt like homework, I solved it.

There was a picture puzzle, where you were given descriptions of people in paintings. Given their picture and the words associated, you had to press a button under each painting in the order of the family lineage. Instead of boring you with a video of it and the solution, here's a sample of one of the pictures:

This family tree is tangled. You can&#Array;t leave the room until you figure it out. Have fun.

But, that didn't take a week to figure out. It stopped me for a few minutes though. This game wins my award for "You can't beat the game without this one weapon that you passed on that you didn't know you needed for the final boss." I literally got to the end of the game and couldn't beat the last boss.

After finding a used strategy guide in Gamestop, I learned that a weapon I didn't pick up halfway through the game WAS THE ONLY ONE EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE BOSS. I restarted the game and ran through it in three days during spring break that year. In conclusion, FUCK CODE VERONICA.

*straightens tie and clears throat*

Moving on...

I'm a big fan of the Onimusha series. I'm in the Colin Moriarty camp of "where the hell is a new Onimusha?" Capcom is starting to ruin my day.

Capcom, why you no want more money? No HD remakes, nothing?

Onimusha has these puzzle boxes, that start off simple enough and then, get tough enough to remind me that puzzles aren't fun for me. Which is why I started handing the controller to a friend to do these and he loved them. Puzzle boxes gave you items but weren't essential to beating the game. Here's a sample:

Simple enough but wait until they get 10x this size.

Bioschock also had puzzles called "hacks," which were similar to Onimusha's puzzle boxes.

Big Daddy had big puzzles

You had to move pieces to connect currents. Again, not needed to beat the game but gave you rewards for doing so. My roommate enjoyed doing these for me.

Um....yeah...I&#Array;m gonna take a break. Keep your upgrade.

Connecting circuits and pieces seems to be a popular way to slow me down in games. I remember playing Batman Vengeance on PS2, which was a great game based on the Animated Series. This was my favorite Batman adventure before Rocksteady gave us the Arkham series.

Kevin Conroy&#Array;s other Bat-game

The fun of driving the Batmobile couldn't make up for the 3D Rubix cube bomb puzzle. Didn't I mention earlier that I'm no good at Rubix cubes? This game wanted me to rotate blocks and connect circuits, apparently, gaming krytonite for me. Sorry, bats, but that's my best analogy for this.

Why isn&#Array;t Lucius picking up the Batphone?

It reminded me of why I admire Batman and why I could never be Batman. I don't have detective skills. This was more frustrating than nipples on the Batsuit. Maybe not, but it was bad.

Some gaming experiences are full-on puzzles but have intrigued me. The following pulled me into their world and kept me, probably longer than the average gamer. If only I could have solved these problems by shooting. Everything.

As a fan of the Half-Life series, I gave Portal a chance, and fell in love. Then, Portal 2 made me laugh at it's writing and cry at it's challenges. I spent much of the 2nd half of this game on IGN, watching video walkthroughs,. I felt failed as a gamer but would play it again to see if I can do it.

You&#Array;ve watched the LOTR trilogy by the time I figure this out on my own. Twice.

Ico was great but took me a few days to complete, with no assistance, online or off but I did save Yorda and get out of there. Shadow of the Colossus...well..I beat the first one. I'm convinced the "follow the sword" mechanic is busted. I can't even find the 2nd one. *cries in a corner*

I&#Array;m lost without a map! I NEED AN ADULT!

And, then, there's the one game that I can't forget. It sits on my shelf and smiles, playfully, asking me to come back. It's one of the most innovative things I've ever played and I got to the next to last stage, then lost my mind, on EASY mode. Yes, it's 2011's Catherine.

NOT A SCREENCAP! This is me thinking about the idea of trying to beat Catherine!

I won't make the comparison of breaking up with a game that's based on dating and juggling women. I won't say that it gave me nightmares, since the puzzles are the main character's nightmares in games. I will say that I've never played something that made me feel so great when I did it right and so dumb when I couldn't complete it. It has 8 endings and I'm one stage away from seeing 1 of them. It sits on my shelf, mocking me, over a year later. I let a buddy borrow it and he beat it twice, not without trouble though.

Honorable mention to Limbo, which had many moments that I looked at online to find a solution that I just didn't know was possible. At least I got through that one.

Where&#Array;s the "solve puzzle" button?

So, what gaming moments or franchises have led you to walkthroughs, strategy guides or rage quitting? Did you beat a tough riddle that made you feel great? Am I the only one that's pissed at Capcom? Sound off, MyIGN, while I look up how to solve this Rubix cube.